Irrigation, Waterways , Hydrology Section 2
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1) Question.
Given that the base period is 100 days and the duty of the canal is 1000 hectares per cumec, the depth of water will be
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2) Question.
Which one of the following constitutes the basic assumption of unit-hydrograph theory?
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3) Question.
A channel designed by Lacey's theory has a mean velocity of one m/sec. The silt factor is unity. The hydraulic mean radius will be
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4) Question.
If one wants to be 90% sure that the design flood in a dam project will not occur during the design life period of 100 years, the recurrence interval for such a flood would be
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5) Question.
A tropical cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere is a zone of
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6) Question.
As per the recommendations of the ISI (NBS), the shape of a lined canal is
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7) Question.
A 3-hour unit hydrograph (UH) differs from a 6-hour UH, for any catchment, in that
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8) Question.
A 4-hour rainfall in a catchment of 250km^2 produces rainfall depths of 6.2 cm and 5.0 cm in successive 2-hour unit periods. Assuming the ¢ index of the soil to be 1.2 cm/hr, the runoff volume in ha-m will be
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9) Question.
The ordinate of the Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph (IUH) of a catchment at any time t, is
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10) Question.
Right boundary canals whose bed and banks are made with non-erodible materials, are in
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11) Question.
As per Shield's criteria for the initiation of bed motion, the entertainment function is a unique function of
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12) Question.
The flow duration curve is a plot of
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13) Question.
For the upstream slope of an earth dam, the most critical condition is
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14) Question.
For a barrage, the exit gradient is independent of
Answer.Exit gradient (GE):
The seepage water exerts a force at each point in the direction of flow and is tangential to the streamlines. This tangential force has the maximum disturbing tendency at the exit end, because the direction of this force at the exit point is vertically upward, and hence full force acts as its upward component. For the soil grain to remain stable, the submerged weight of the soil grain should be more than this upward force. This force at any point is proportional to the gradient of the pressure of water at that point. This gradient of the pressure of water at the exit end is called the exit gradient.
It has been determined that for a standard form consisting of a floor of length (b), with a vertical cutoff of depth (d), the exit gradient (GE), at its downstream end is given by the equation;

H = head of water, d = vertical cutoff depth, and b = floor length.
The exit gradient in a barrage is dependent on the applied head of water, the horizontal length of the floor, and the depth of the downstream cutoff. The exit gradient is primarily influenced by the slope and roughness of the downstream channel, which is determined by the natural topography and hydraulic characteristics of the flow.
Since the exit gradient is independent of the depth of the upstream cut-off. Hence option (3) is correct.
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15) Question.
Cross-regulators in main canals are provided to
Answer.Cross regulator is provided to control the supplies passing down the parent channel.
A cross regulator is provided on the parent channel at the d/s of the offtake to head up the parent channel at the channel to draw the required supply.
The function of cross regulators :
•Cross regulator enable effective regulation of the entire canal system
•They help to raise the water level in the parent channel is low
•They help in closing the supply to the d/s of the parent channel for the purposes of repairs and construction works
•In conjunction with escapes, they help water escapes they help water to escape from the channels
•They facilitate communication since a road can be taken over them with a little extra cost
•They help to absorb fluctuations in the various sections of the canal system and hence to prevent possibilities of breaches in the tail reaches
•They help to control discharge at an outfall of the canal into another canal or lake
•They help to control the water surface slope for bringing the canals to regime slope and section
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16) Question.
Retrogression of downstream levels, generally considered in the design of weirs or barrages, is
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17) Question.
The double mass analysis is adopted to
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18) Question.
Im a siphon aqueduct the most severe condition of uplift on the floor occurs when
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19) Question.
Assertion A : Under identical conditions , the evaporation from sea water is less than that from the fresh water.
Reason R : Vapour pressure of sea water is less than that of pure water
Select your answer based on the coding system given below
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20) Question.
Percentage of raingauge stations which should be equipped with self recording gauges for knowing the intensity of rainfall should be about
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